President Donald J. Trump points to a reporter, March 25, 2020, in the James S. Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House. (Official White House Photo by Tia Dufour)
After President Trump diverted FEMA funds from housing assistance for illegal immigrants to help disaster victims around America, some FEMA employees decided to send the money to the illegal immigrants anyway. They have now been fired, reports Patrick Reilly in The New York Post:
Four Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) employees have been fired for sending $59 million to New York City to house and care for illegal migrants, according to the Department of Homeland Security.
“Effective immediately, FEMA is terminating the employment of four individuals for circumventing leadership to unilaterally make egregious payments for luxury NYC hotels for migrants,” DHS officials said in a statement obtained by The Post.
The firings, first reported by Fox, include FEMA’s Chief Financial Officer, two program analysts and a grant specialist.
“Under President Trump and Secretary Noem’s leadership, DHS will not sit idly and allow deep state activists to undermine the will and safety of the American people,” the statement added.
The massive payment was blasted by Elon Musk, whose new Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE, highlighted the transaction on Monday.
“That money is meant for American disaster relief and instead is being spent on high-end hotels for illegals,” Musk posted on X on Monday — and promised DOGE would be making “a clawback demand … to recoup those funds.”
Cameron Hamilton, FEMA’s acting administrator, said in response that FEMA had suspended payments sent to New York City to house migrants beginning on Monday.
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